...Lothar Weissbach; Roswitha Bussar-Maatz; Klaus Mann Objectives: In the course of a prospective multicenter trial, the value of tumor markers in seminomas was assessed. Methods: Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and placental alkaline phosphatase (P1AP) were determined...

...Jagdeesh N. Kulkarni; Murali R. Kamat We herein report 8 years experience in the management of nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis with 2 serum markers: α-fetoprotein (AFP) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)). In the first 4-year period (group I)marker status was correlated...

... was used for the demonstration of human chorionic gonadotropin production in transitional cell carcinoma cells. Nine of the 16 grade III tumors stained positive for human chorionic gonadotropin, while grade I and grade II tumors remained unstained. Our results suggest that the presence of human chorionic...

...M. Hartmann; T. Pottek; R. Bussar-Maatz; L. Weissbach Objective: Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) elevations in the testicular vein (TV) are correlated with those in the cubital vein (CV). Their significance was tested regarding various prognostic parameters. Method: Within the framework...

.... Seminoma, prognostic factors Human chorionic gonadotropin Multicenter study, seminoma Radiotherapy HCG-positive seminomas have significantly higher stages than those with normal values in the cubital vein. HCG has no negative influence on the relapse rate of seminomas. The risk of relapse...